Headlines/October 14, 1998

Breast Cancer Forum to be held at UCFV.

. Breast cancer is an increasingly prevalent

disease that affects women of all ages. The —

number of women who die from the
disease each year in Canada is
growing steadily.» =.

A breast cancer forum that
will address the issues of
“Are we making any ..
progress?” and “How
can we help
ourselves?” will

_:be held
Saturday,
October 31.

Sponsored by Continuing
Education, along with the —.
Fraser Valley Branch of the
Canadian Breast Cancer
Foundation and the Breast
Cancer Information Project, the
forum will be held on the
Abbotsford campus.

* The forum is for breast cancer
survivors, as well as their families
and supporters, and anyone else who
wants to know what can be done to defend
themselves against this life-threatening
disease.

A panel of physicians including Dr.
Maria Hugi, Dr. Doug Horsman, Dr. Ivo.
Olivotto, and Dr. Greg Hislop, will discuss
what, if any progress is being made in the
fight against the disease in the morning
session.

FITNESS CHALLENGE 2000

Congratulations to the 176 people who
have reached the 300 km mark as of
‘September 30. You are halfway to’San ~
Francisco! . -

All of those people’s names were
entered in the “half-way” draw held
October 2. The lucky winners are:

Jean Slusarchuk, Mission Campus
— one night at Rowena’s Inn on the
River.

Patrick O’Brien, Continuing
Education, Abbotsford — $50 Keg gift
certificate.

The afternoon session will feature Dr.

David Steinman, noted biologist, medical

journalist and author of Diet for a
‘prevention, and Dr. Susan

-Medicine department. Both will
healthcare.

DePape, a former
supervisor with Fraser
Valley College CE,
herself a breast cancer

the local branch of the
Foundation.

that women must become

their health care
partnerships with their doctors, and take
more responsibility for their total well
being.

Registration for the forum, which
tuns from 8:30 a.m. — 4 p.m., is $25 and
includes lunch. For more information,
contact 853-4694 or 852-6036.

. Carol Konkle, Library, Abbotsford —~”

$50 Keg gift certificate.

‘June Pitcher, IMS, Chilliwack —
Canucks vs. Red Wings tickets.

Remember to update your progress
on the fitness charts regularly. Everyone
who has reached the mid-point in the
challenge is eligible to receive a baseball
cap. Pick yours up at Employee
Relations.

And don’t forget to KEEP

MOVING!

Harris, of the UBC Rehabilitative

‘address ways in which women can .
become pro-active in theirown __

One of the key organizers
ofthe forumis Jean

survivor, and founder of
, Canadian Breast Cancer :
Jean firmly believes

better informed in personal - -<-
health issues, more active in

— ‘Dec. 16

Corrections:

The photo of Fashion Design graduate. Ria
Dunn, that appeared in the last issue of +
Headlines, mistakenly identified the outfit
she was wearing as one of her.designs. In _.
poisoned planet and Breast cancer’ fact, the outfit was designed by’ another

i - Fashion Design graduate,, -Blair Ducey.

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The submission deadline for the

November 4 Board meeting is October 23,
not October 30 as previously stated.

Deadlines
Headlines will be published every three
weeks through to the end of December.

If you wish to make a submission,
-_ please note deadlines. Send to Kathy

Fahey, Chilliwack campus, email:
faheyk or Bob Warick, Abbotsford .
campus, email: warick.

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